BYU barged into the top 10 of The Associated Press college football poll, making the biggest jump of any team from the preseason rankings after scoring the biggest upset of the opening weekend.

The Cougars jumped 11 spots to No. 9 in the Top 25 released yesterday, three days after they stunned Oklahoma, 14-13, as three-touchdown underdogs.

Cougars quarterback Max Hall said the victory has energized Provo, Utah, and the BYU campus.

"For the first time there were people at the airport to greet the team. About 2,000 people were out there when we got back," he said. "The overall atmosphere has been really cool and we're enjoying it."

Florida was still an overwhelming No. 1, receiving 56 of 60 first-place votes, two fewer than last week. Texas held steady at No. 2, with two first-place votes.

USC will be No. 3 when it visits No. 8 Ohio State on Saturday.

Oklahoma dropped 10 spots to No. 13.

The top three teams were identical in the USA Today Top 25 Coaches' poll. BYU was ranked No. 12.

BASKETBALL

JORDAN PICKS HALL OF FAME PRESENTER

Michael Jordan has chosen David Thompson, another high flyer from North Carolina, to present him, while Charles Barkley and Isiah Thomas also will be presenters at the Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony.

Jordan highlights a class that includes David Robinson, John Stockton, and coaches Jerry Sloan of the Utah Jazz and C. Vivian Stringer of Rutgers. Each was asked to select a previous inductee to serve as a presenter at Friday's ceremony at Springfield, Mass.

Jordan went with a surprise by asking Thompson, the athletic swingman who led North Carolina State to the national championship in 1974 — eight years before Jordan won one for rival North Carolina.

ELSEWHERE

Golf: Ryo Ishikawa has been picked for the International team in the Presidents Cup, making the 17-year-old Japanese star the youngest player to compete in the matches Oct. 8 to 11 at Harding Park in San Francisco. International captain Greg Norman also picked Adam Scott. U.S. captain Fred Couples used his two picks on U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover and Hunter Mahan.

College football: Oklahoma tight end Jermaine Gresham will miss the rest of the season after having surgery to repair torn cartilage in his right knee. Gresham was a second-team All-American last season and had been considered a top NFL prospect before returning for his junior year.